The 7th Khordha Book Fair held under chairmanship of fair committee president Dr Dillip Srichandan concluded here on Friday.
Attending as the chief guest, Bhubaneswar MP Dr Prasanna Kumar Patasani said book fair is an appropriate place for collections of books. Book is alternative of life and habit of reading books makes a person a successful personality, he added.
Educationist Dr Pramod Chandra Dash said one book can change a life of a person and local MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahu said day by day the enthusiasm towards reading book is decreasing and there is a need to increase the interest of people towards reading book.
On the occasion, the guests unveiled the annual magazine ‘Sabuja Swapna’ and awarded eminent story writer Dr Padmaj Pal, poet Ramesh Mangaraj, teacher Mithun Chandra Dev, Dr Praveen Mishra and Pankaj Sahu with the Khordha Pustak Mela Samman 2018.
Among others, fair committee convenor Narendra Kumar Prusty, Bibhu Prasad Harichandan, Laxmidhar Badjena, Dr Brundaban Panda, Govind Chandra Maharana, Bidhan Chandra Mohanty, Gyanaranjan Dash, Rabindra Kumar Sahoo and Laxmi Prasad Sahoo were present.